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Reece Browne 34819ae502 Draw signatures on a phone via QR code in the Sign tool (#7335)
# Description of Changes

Scan a QR code in the Sign tool, draw your signature on your phone, and
it appears on your desktop ready to place. Rides the mobile scanner's
existing transfer sessions — no new backend endpoints.

**Desktop:** a **Mobile upload** button above the signature source
selector shows a QR code. When the signature arrives, the modal closes,
it lands in the matching source, and **placement activates
automatically** — click the PDF to place.

**Phone:** a new public `/mobile-sign` page with three tabs (same order
as the desktop sources):

- **Draw** → canvas signature. Touch-first pad (pointer events,
DPR-aware, smoothed strokes, undo/clear, black/blue ink, 3 pen sizes),
exported as a transparent PNG cropped to the ink. Compact layout in
phone landscape.
- **Photo** → image signature. "Take a photo" opens the camera directly;
"From gallery" opens the picker. A preview of the current image
signature now shows in the desktop's Image source (previously arrival
was invisible until placement — also fixes this for saved image
signatures).
- **Type** → text signature. Travels as data (text + font + colour), so
it stays *editable* on the desktop. Fonts are the sign tool's own
text-mode list.

**Security:** the transfer endpoints are unauthenticated by design
(10-min sessions, files deleted after download — same model as the
scanner). The desktop treats every arrival as untrusted: images only,
and the text payload is clamped field by field.

**Config:** new `system.enableMobileSignature` flag (default on),
independent of `enableMobileScanner`; the shared endpoints accept
either. The Tauri desktop app serves a self-contained `mobile-sign.html`
(draw-only), mirroring `mobile-upload.html`.

**Refactor:** the session lifecycle (create/poll/download/expiry) moved
out of `MobileUploadModal` into a shared `useMobileTransferSession`
hook; the scanner modal now uses it, behaviour unchanged.

Also fixes two bugs hit along the way: the signature pad collapsing to
its 150px intrinsic height (indefinite parent height), and a setState
loop in `SignSettings` when text parameters are set programmatically
(draft-sync effects ping-ponging).

## Screenshots

| Desktop: QR entry | Phone: draw | Desktop: received |
|---|---|---|
| ![QR
modal](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pr-7335-assets/shot-1-qr-modal.png)
| ![Phone draw
tab](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pr-7335-assets/shot-2-phone-draw.png)
| ![Signature
received](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/pr-7335-assets/shot-3-desktop-received.png)
|

## How to test

1. Open the app on an address your phone can reach (not `localhost`),
Sign tool → **Mobile upload**, scan the QR.
2. Draw → **Send to computer** → it becomes the active canvas signature
and placement is live: click the PDF to place.
3. Photo tab → arrives in the Image source with a preview. Type tab →
arrives editable in the Text source.
4. Flags: `enableMobileSignature: false` hides the button; signature
still works with the scanner disabled.

Verified end-to-end (all three kinds, portrait/landscape/tablet) plus
`task frontend:check` and the touched backend tests.

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## Checklist

### General

- [x] I have read the [Contribution
Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [x] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have read the [How to add new languages to
Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md)
(if applicable)
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings

### Documentation

- [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc
repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/)
(if functionality has heavily changed)
- [x] I have read the section [Add New Translation
Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags)
(for new translation tags only)

### Translations (if applicable)

- [ ] I ran
[`scripts/counter_translation.py`](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/docs/counter_translation.md)

### UI Changes (if applicable)

- [x] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached
(e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR)

### Testing (if applicable)

- [x] I have run `task check` to verify linters, typechecks, and tests
pass
- [x] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md#7-testing)
for more details.
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